Nature Communications (Oct 2018)

Atomic cobalt as an efficient electrocatalyst in sulfur cathodes for superior room-temperature sodium-sulfur batteries

  • Bin-Wei Zhang,
  • Tian Sheng,
  • Yun-Dan Liu,
  • Yun-Xiao Wang,
  • Lei Zhang,
  • Wei-Hong Lai,
  • Li Wang,
  • Jianping Yang,
  • Qin-Fen Gu,
  • Shu-Lei Chou,
  • Hua-Kun Liu,
  • Shi-Xue Dou

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06144-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Room-temperature sodium-sulfur batteries hold promise, but are hindered by low reversible capacity and fast capacity fade. Here the authors construct a multifunctional sulfur host comprised of cobalt-decorated carbon nanospheres that impart attractive performance as a cathode in a sodium sulfide battery.